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noun

• an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages

55%5Lingua franca
noun

• a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire

• a common language used by speakers of different languages

55%7Lingua franca of East Africa
noun

• the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa

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